Boston Red Sox vs California Angels
May 12, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1986 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 1, California Angels 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 4 0 2 1
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Buckner dh 3 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
Baylor 1b 3 0 0 0
Gedman c 4 0 1 0
Barrett 2b 3 0 1 0
Lyons cf 3 1 1 0
Romero ss 2 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 1 1 1
Joyner 1b 5 2 3 4
Jackson dh 3 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 2 1 0 0
Downing lf 4 1 2 0
Jones rf 1 1 1 0
Wilfong 2b 3 1 1 2
Schofield ss 3 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 8 7
Boston 001 000 000160
California 100 600 00x780
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (3-4) 3.2 7 7 7 3 4
  Lollar   2.1 0 0 0 2 2
  Stewart   2.0 1 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
8
6
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (2-3) 7.0 5 1 1 1 2
  Forster   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, California 1.  2B–Boston Lyons (1,off Sutton); Evans (11,off Sutton); Gedman (7,off Sutton), California Jones (8,off Nipper).  HR–California Joyner 2 (12,1st inning off Nipper 0 on, 1 out,4th inning off Nipper 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Romero (2,off Sutton).  CS–Barrett (2,2nd base by Sutton/Boone).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:35.  A–25,450.
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